Commie-lian

                                                            I am of the Belief that Familiarity begets Tolerance {I love quoting myself} .   In this vein was mined the following definition of Communism :

                                     "...a hypothetical stage of Socialism based on ownership  of all property by the Community as a whole... "   and further; "...to be characterized by a classless and stateless Society and the equal distribution of economic goods, to be achieved through revolutionary and dictatorial, rather than gradual means."  

                           I found it necessary to read The Communist Manifesto and my copy is among "The Norton Critical Editions" which was/is edited by Frederic L. Bender and includes "Prefaces by Marx and Engels ---Annotated Text ---Sources and Backgrounds ---History of Marxism --- Interpretation".

                           I appeared to be mentally Ill when I found a copy of Marx's Capital -- Volume 1, it is a BEHEMOTH  "weighing in" at ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FORTY-ONE Pages which absolutely defines DAUNT .  I was able to devote barely three hours to IT before I decided I needed something else, something EZ-ER .   As Luck would have it I managed{somehow} to procure The Philosophy of Hegel edited by one Carl J. Friedrich to which I have devoted not even ONE second .  Both stand ready to be consumed should my mental illness abate somewhat --- but I am proud to have them as part of my George Orwell `Shelf` --- {Ridiculous of course} .  

                          In the "Manifesto"   there is one sentence that stands out, it is :

                                                 "Marx and Engels looked to class war and revolution to overturn the prevailing system .  Moreover, they viewed the proletarian revolution as inevitable and as historically determined by economic forces ."

                            Not only does this "look familiar" it FEELS familiar .